洪堡的礼物
Humboldt's Gift
Saul Bellow · 初版 1973 年
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多年以来，伟大的诗人 Von Humboldt Fleisher 与满腔热爱文学的年轻人 Charlie Citrine 都是莫逆之交。然而，在 Humboldt 去世时，他成了一个失败者，而 Charlie 的生活也跌入了低谷：事业停滞不前，深陷痛苦的离婚诉讼，迷恋上一位极不合衬的年轻女子，还与一个神经质的黑手党分子纠缠不清。就在这时，Humboldt 在九泉之下发挥了作用，留给 Charlie 一笔意想不到的遗产，或许正能帮他逆转人生。
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……还有信件，接着是他死后几十年里涌现出的海量传记、回忆录和研究著作。”这简直就是我二十出头时的亲身经历！至于《洪堡的礼物》，我究竟读了多少遍啊？
…and letters, then the multitudinous biographies, memoirs, and studies that came out in the decades following his death." This was precisely my experience in my early 20s! And how many times have I read Humboldt's Gift?
读索尔·贝娄的《洪堡的礼物》时，我本可以列出一份长不见底的单子，全是些我从未读过甚至往往闻所未闻的东西，但即便如此，大概还是会漏掉一半我根本没看出来的典故，因为我压根不知道那是典故。
Reading Humboldt's Gift, by Saul Bellow, I could have made a gigantic list of things I had never read or often even heard of, and still left out about half the references I didn't see because I didn't know they were references.
……有意义。拿去吧，我刚列好的。2003 年。《中性》。一本关于一个并不是女孩的女孩的书。1982 年。《兔子富了》。属于一个探讨毒品、身份和宗教的系列小说，这一本带酗酒主题。1976 年。《洪堡的礼物》。一个关于商品化和文化的故事。普利策小说和音乐奖的全部意义，就在于鼓励并突显那些独一无二的作品。它们或许能反映当下主题这一事实……
…matters. Here. I just did it. 2003. Middlesex. Book about a girl that's not a girl. 1982. Rabbit Is Rich. Book from a series that explores drugs, identity, religion, this one has alcoholism themes. 1976. Humboldt's Gift. Story about commodification and culture. The whole point of the Pulitzer for books novels and music is to encourage and highlight the unique stuff. The fact that they may reflect the current themes…